Infrared Photographing Device and Infrared Photographing Method

ABSTRACT

An infrared photographing device and an infrared photographing method in the invention relate to an infrared photographing device and an application field of infrared imaging detection. According to an infrared photographing device in the prior art, the objects to be photographed are selected according to subjective experience of users, with lower efficiency and omissions. According to the infrared photographing device and infrared photographing method in the invention, based on the stored object information, the object information and the sequence related to the object to be photographed is determined. Then, the special object information is designated, and the object instructing information acquired according to the special object information is displayed specially, using as the information instruction of the object to be photographed at present. When the switch instruction is sent, the designated special object information is switched according to the sequence. Thereby, the photographing speed is improved, and there are no omissions.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No.14/403,191, filed Nov. 23, 2014, entitled “Infrared Photographing Deviceand Infrared Photographing Method.” U.S. application Ser. No. 14/403,191is a 35 U.S.C. §371 national phase application of Internationalapplication serial no. PCT/CN2013/076129 (WO 2013/174289 A1), filed May23, 2013. International application serial no. PCT/CN2013/076129 claimspriority to CN 201210167303.3, filed May 23, 2012 and CN 201210166888.7,filed May 23, 2012. Each of the referenced applications are incorporatedby reference in their entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to an infrared photographing device, an infraredprocessing device, and an infrared photographing application field and,more particularly, to an infrared photographing device and an infraredphotographing method.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Description of the Related Art

Thermal image photographing devices are widely applied in fields such asan industrial field, and regular infrared detection for power equipmentand buildings is an important part in requiring based on condition.

An infrared thermal image is different from a visible image. In thephotographed visible image, the object to be photographed may bedetermined according to the information in the image, such as a color, anameplate, or a shape. However, a photographed specified object cannotbe easily determined according to information in an infrared thermalimage. For example, the photographed specified object cannot beeffectively recognized via a color or a nameplate. Thus, a user may omitobjects during photographing.

The infrared detection is heavy work. Taking a substation with power of500 KV as example, there are usually dozens of equipment areas, andthere are dozens of objects requiring infrared detection in eachequipment area. There are many similar objects to be photographed, andthe similar objects may be the same or different types. For example, ina substation, there are different multiple groups of the objects of aswitch type in an equipment area, and the multiple groups of the objectsare usually next to each other. In the objects of the same group, thereare still three different objects with the same shape and with differentphase numbers A, B, C. Since the different objects of the same type arealmost the same in the infrared thermal image, a user may miss objectsand may be confused during photographing, thereby reducing efficiency.When photographing at different angles is performed or multiple units(the unit may be a specified element or a specified part) of the sameobject are photographed, this problem is intensified.

At present, photographing personnel select an object to be photographedaccording to subjective experience, because of the above reasons,causing low detection efficiency and high working strength, and furthercausing incorrectly photographing and omissions of the objects.

In addition, at present, a file name of a thermal image file acquired bya thermal image photographing device via photographing is generatedaccording to time or a serial number. To save and analyze subsequently,and to differentiate thermal image files to which the objectscorrespond, during infrared detection, users are necessary to recordobject information according to cognitive of the objects or a scenenameplate. The present common record mode may be a manual mode forrecording a file name of a thermal image file and the correspondingobject information, or a mode for attaching phonic annotation of objectinformation on the scene to a thermal image file. These modes causeinconvenient operation and errors, affect a photographing speed, andcause a heavy subsequent straighten workload.

Since thermal imaging detection technology is applied, there are noproper means to conveniently realize an information instruction of anobject. The users are often confused in photographing. Technicalpersonnel in the field often try to solve the problem. For example, athermal image photographing device with a GPS device may provide GPSinstructing information during photographing of a power route. However,a user may not easily understand the specified object to be photographedaccording to the GPS information and cannot correspond to the specifiedobject when there are multiple objects at the same position to bephotographed respectively. The above prior art fails to solve theomission problem during photographing. Thus, How to guide the users tophotograph an infrared thermal image is a problem.

Therefore, an infrared photographing device, capable of providing theobject instructing information of the objects to be photographed for theusers, is needed. The users can photograph the thermal image accordingto the object instructing information, thereby solving the presentproblem. Further, when the object instructing information is providedfor the users to photograph the object, the errors and inconvenientoperation caused by manual record of the object information may besolved.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This invention provides an infrared photographing device and an infraredphotographing method. Based on multiple object information, representingthe objects to be photographed, the object information from the multipleobject information is designated as special object information whenphotographing, and object instructing information acquired by thespecial object information is specially displayed. Thus, users canregard the object instructing information as the information instructionof the object to be photographed at present, and can photograph theobject after identification and checking according to cognition of theobject at the scene, such as equipment indicators. According to asequence (such as a predetermined photographing sequence) of the objectinformation, the object instructing information is displayed orswitched, without or convenient for finding and selecting the objectinformation, and the operation is simple. Thereby, according to thepredetermined sequence, an instruction of the object to be photographedat present is given to the users. Obviously, a photographing speed canbe improved without omissions.

Therefore, the invention provides an infrared photographing deviceincluding the following parts.

An acquiring part is used for acquiring thermal imaging data.

An information designating part is used for designating objectinformation as special object information based on multiple objectinformation stored in an information storing part. The special objectinformation is used for acquiring object instructing informationdisplayed specially.

A display controlling part is used for controlling to allow a displaypart to display an infrared thermal image generated by the thermalimaging data and simultaneously to display the object instructinginformation acquired according to the special object informationdesignated by the information designating part in a special displaymode.

In response to switch instructing operation or according to a specifiedswitch condition, the information designating part switches thedesignated special object information according to a sequence of theobject information, based on the object information stored in theinformation storing part.

This invention further provides an infrared photographing deviceincluding the following steps.

An acquiring part is used for acquiring thermal imaging data.

An information designating part is used for designating objectinformation as special object information based on multiple objectinformation stored in an information storing part. The special objectinformation is used for acquiring object instructing informationdisplayed specially.

In response to a corresponding display instruction, a displaycontrolling part is used for controlling to allow a display part todisplay an infrared thermal image generated by the thermal imaging dataor to display the object instructing information acquired according tothe special object information designated by the information designatingpart in a special display mode.

In response to switch instructing operation or according to a specifiedswitch condition, the information designating part switches thedesignated special object information according to a sequence of theobject information.

This invention further provides an infrared photographing deviceincluding the following parts.

An acquiring part is used for acquiring thermal imaging data.

Based on multiple object information stored in an information storingpart, a display controlling part is used for controlling to allow adisplay part to display an infrared thermal image generated by thethermal imaging data and simultaneously to display a specified amount ofobject instructing information according to a sequence of the objectinformation.

An information designating part is used for designating the objectinformation as special object information based on selection of a user.

The display controlling part is used for displaying the objectinstructing information acquired according to the special objectinformation designated by the information designating part in a specialdisplay mode.

This invention provides an infrared photographing method including thefollowing steps.

An acquiring step is used for acquiring thermal imaging data.

An information designating step is used for designating objectinformation as special object information based on multiple objectinformation stored in an information storing part. The special objectinformation is used for acquiring object instructing informationdisplayed specially.

A display controlling step is used for controlling to allow a displaypart to display an infrared thermal image generated by the thermalimaging data and simultaneously to display the object instructinginformation acquired according to the special object informationdesignated in the information designating step in a special mode.

In response to switch instructing operation or according to a specifiedswitch condition, the information designating step is used for switchingthe designated special object information according to a sequence of theobject information, based on the object information stored in theinformation storing part.

In addition, the invention provides a computer program executed in aninfrared photographing device and allowing the infrared photographingdevice to perform the following steps.

An acquiring step is used for acquiring thermal imaging data.

An information designating step is used for designating objectinformation as special object information based on multiple objectinformation stored in an information storing part. The special objectinformation is used for acquiring object instructing informationdisplayed specially.

A display controlling step is used for controlling to allow a displaypart to display an infrared thermal image generated by the thermalimaging data and simultaneously to display the object instructinginformation acquired according to the special object informationdesignated in the information designating step in a special displaymode.

In response to switch instructing operation or according to a specifiedswitch condition, the information designating step is used for switchingthe designated special object information according to a sequence of theobject information, based on the object information stored in theinformation storing part.

This invention further provides a readable storage medium storing acomputer program. The computer program allows an infrared photographingdevice to perform the following steps.

An acquiring step is used for acquiring thermal imaging data.

An information designating step is used for designating objectinformation as special object information based on multiple objectinformation stored in an information storing part. The special objectinformation is used for acquiring object instructing informationdisplayed specially.

A display controlling step is used for controlling to allow a displaypart to display an infrared thermal image generated by the thermalimaging data and simultaneously to display the object instructinginformation acquired according to the special object informationdesignated in the information designating step in a special displaymode.

In response to switch instructing operation or according to a specifiedswitch condition, the information designating step is used for switchingthe designated special object information according to a sequence of theobject information, based on the object information stored in theinformation storing part.

Other aspects and advantages of this invention are described in thefollowing description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an infrared photographing deviceaccording to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is an outline diagram showing the infrared photographing deviceaccording to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a display interface of a task andsequence setting menu;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an information mode according to oneembodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an exemplary list of objectinformation stored in an information storing part according to oneembodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a setting interface in a sequencesetting process according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing one sequencing factor to which theobject information acquired after the sequence setting processcorresponds;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a display interface of speciallydisplayed object instructing information before and after switchaccording to one embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a display interface of thespecially displayed object instructing information according to oneembodiment;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a display interface of thespecially displayed object instructing information according to oneembodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing object distribution in equipmentareas 1, 2, and 3 in a substation 1 and a photographing route of asequence of objects according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing an information mode according to anotherembodiment;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing a setting interface of a filtercondition according to one embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing a setting interface of the filtercondition according to another embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing an exemplary list of the objectinformation stored in an information storing part according to anotherembodiment;

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing an exemplary list of the objectinformation after filtering according to the filter condition accordingto another embodiment;

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram showing a display interface of a sequencebefore and after adjusting;

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing a setting interface of a groupsetting interface according to one embodiment;

FIG. 19 is a flow chart showing an information mode according to anotherembodiment;

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram showing a setting interface of the filtercondition according to another embodiment;

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram showing an exemplary list of the objectinformation included in data files 1, 2, and 3 and an exemplary list ofthe object information and the sequence determined after groupsequencing and filtering according to one embodiment;

FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram showing a photographing route of asequence according to a third embodiment;

FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing an infrared photographing systemincluding an infrared processing device 100 and a thermal imagecollecting device 101 connected with each other according to a fourthembodiment;

FIG. 24 is a schematic diagram showing the infrared photographing systemincluding the infrared processing device 100 and the thermal imagecollecting device 101 connected with each other according to oneembodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Embodiments of the invention are described hereinbelow. In a firstembodiment of the invention, an infrared photographing device (called athermal imaging device for short hereinbelow) with a thermal imagephotographing function is taken for example. It is also applicable to aninfrared photographing device continuously receiving thermal imagingdata, such as a personal computer, a personal digital processing device,or other processing devices.

Further, the called thermal imaging data may be thermal image AD data asan example. In addition, the thermal imaging data is not limited to ADdata of the thermal image, and may be image data of an infrared thermalimage, array data of temperature values, or compressed data thereof orof the above various mixed data.

The embodiments of the invention are described according to drawings indetail. The embodiments described hereinbelow are used for understandingthe invention better and do not limit the scope of the invention, anddifferent modes may be changed in the scope of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a thermal imaging device according tothe first embodiment. FIG. 2 is an outline diagram showing the thermalimaging device according to the first embodiment.

A thermal imaging device 13 includes a photographing part 1, an imageprocessing part 2, a display controlling part 3, a display part 4, acommunication I/F 5, a temporary storage part 6, a storage card I/F 7, astorage card 8, a flash memory 9, an operation part 11, and a controlpart 10. The control part 10 is connected with the corresponding partsvia a control and data bus 12, and is responsible for overall control ofthe thermal imaging device 13.

The photographing part 1 includes an optical part, a lens driving part,an infrared detector, and a signal preprocessing circuit, which are notshown. The optical part is composed of infrared optical lens, and isused for focusing received infrared radiation on the infrared detector.The lens driving part drives the lenses to perform focusing or zoomingoperation according to a control signal of the control part 10, and theoptical part may also be manually regulated. The infrared detector, suchas a refrigerating or non-refrigerated infrared focal plane detector,converts the infrared radiation passing through the optical part toelectrical signals. The signal preprocessing circuit, including asampling circuit and an AD conversion circuit, performs signalprocessing such as sampling and automatic gain control for the signalsread from the infrared detector in a specified cycle and converts thesignals to digital thermal imaging data (thermal image AD data) via theAD conversion circuit. In the embodiment, the photographing part 1 is asan example of a photographing part and is used for photographing toacquire the thermal imaging data.

The image processing part 2 is used for performing specified processingfor the thermal imaging data acquired by the photographing part 1. Theprocessing of the image processing part 2 may be modification,interpolation, pseudo-color, compression, or decompression, which is theprocessing for converting to the data suitable for displaying andrecording. The image processing part 2 may be realized by a DSP, othermicroprocessors, or a programmable FPGA, or may be integrally formedwith the control part 10 or the same microprocessor. The processing ofthe thermal imaging data generating the infrared thermal image may bepseudo-color processing. In detail, in one embodiment, a correspondingrange of a pseudo-color plate is determined according to a range of ADvalues of the thermal imaging data or a setting range of the AD values,and the particular color value to which each AD value of the thermalimaging data corresponds in the range of the pseudo-color plate is usedas the image data of the corresponding pixel position in the infraredthermal image. In addition, gray scaling for the infrared image may beas a special example of the pseudo-color processing. In addition, basedon the instruction record by the control part 10, the image processingpart 2 is used for compressing the thermal imaging data to acquiredcompressed thermal imaging data according to specified compressionprocessing, and then the thermal imaging data is record to a recordmedium such as the storage card 8.

The display controlling part 3 allows the display part 4 to display theimage data stored in the temporary part 6, based on the control of thecontrol part 10. In the embodiment, in a normal mode, the infraredthermal images generated by the thermal imaging data acquired byphotographing are displayed continuously. In an information mode, thespecially displayed object instructing information and the infraredthermal image (including a dynamic infrared thermal image and a staticinfrared thermal image) are displayed at the same time. In a playbackmode, the infrared thermal image read and expanded from the storage card8 is displayed. In addition, different kinds of setting information mayalso be displayed. In detail, in one embodiment, the display controllingpart 3 includes a VRAM, a VRAM control unit, and a signal generatingunit. Based on the control of the control part 10, the signal generatingunit reads image data, read from the temporary storage part 6 and storedin the VRAM, regularly from the VRAM via the VRAM control unit, andgenerates display signals such as video signal output to be displayed onthe display part 4. In the embodiment, the display part 4 is as anexample of the display part 4. However, the invention is not limitedthereto. The display part 4 may further be other display devicesconnected with the thermal imaging device 13, and the thermal imagingdevice 13 may not include the display device in itself. Obviously, whenthe thermal imaging device 13 do not include the display device initself, the control part 10 can also control the image data to bedisplayed and output. For example, the image data to be displayed (thecontrol part 10 and the display controlling part 3 are as an example ofthe display controlling part) may be output via an image outputinterface (for example different kinds of wired or wireless image outputinterfaces such as an AV port or RJ45 port). The display controllingpart controls to allow the display part to display and to display theoutput. The display controlling part 3 may be integrally formed with theimage processing part 2 or the control part 10.

The communication I/F 5 may be an interface for connecting the thermalimaging device 13 and an external device such as an external computer, astorage device, or a thermal imaging device, according to communicationspecifications such as USB, 1394, or network.

The temporary storage part 6, such as a RAM or DRAM volatile storage, isa buffer storage for temporarily storing the thermal imaging data outputfrom the photographing part 1, and is a working storage of the imageprocessing unit 2 and the control part 10 for temporarily storing thedata processed by the image processing part 2 and the control part 10.However, the invention is not limited thereto. A storage or registerincluded by a processor such as the control part 10 or the imageprocessing part 2 may also be defined as a temporary storage medium.

The storage card I/F 7 is used as an interface of the storage card 8.The storage card I/F 7 is connected with the storage card 8 as arewritable nonvolatile storage, which can be detachably installed in agroove of the main body of the thermal imaging device 13 and can recorddata such as the thermal imaging data according to the control of thecontrol part 10.

The flash memory 9 is used for storing control programs and differentkinds of data used in different control.

An information storing part, for storing multiple object information,may be a storage medium in the thermal imaging device 13, such as anonvolatile storage medium, i.e. the flash memory 9 and the storage card8, or a volatile storage medium, i.e. the temporary storage part 6, andfurther may be other storage mediums connected with the thermal imagingdevice 13 wiredly or wirelessly, such as other devices connected withthe communication I/F 5 wiredly or wirelessly, i.e. other storagedevices or storage mediums in other photographing devices or computers.Preferably, the object information may be prestored in the thermalimaging device 13 or in the nonvolatile storage medium connected withthe thermal imaging device 13.

The object information is the information related to the object, such asthe information representing a position, a type, and a number of anobject. In addition, different kinds of information, such as anattribution unit, a classified grade (such as a voltage grade or animportance grade), a model, a manufacturer, performance andcharacteristics, a passed photographing or repairing record, amanufacturing date, or a service life, related to an object, may betaken for example. The information, such as for generating the objectinstructing formation, included in the object information, mayfacilitate a user to determine the object to be photographed.

In one preferred embodiment, the object information may be composed ofdifferent classified information. In FIG. 5, an exemplary list 5001shows object information stored in the information storing part in oneembodiment. Each of the object information is composed of attributeinformation of some specified attributes. For example, the objectinformation 500 “substation 1 equipment area 1 equipment | phase A” mayinclude the attribute information “substation 1” to which a substationattribute 501 corresponds, the attribute information “equipment area 1”to which an equipment area attribute 502 corresponds, the attributeinformation “equipment |” to which an equipment type attribute 503corresponds, and the attribute information “phase A” to which a phaseattribute 504 corresponds. However, the invention is not limitedthereto. The object information may be stored in other modes except theclassified mode.

The operation part 11 is used for a user to perform switch instructingoperation, record instructing operation, or to input settinginformation, and informs operation signals to the control part 10, andthe control part 10 performs the corresponding program according to theoperation signals from the operation part 11. For example, the operationpart 11 may include a record key 01 (configured for the recordinstructing operation), a switch key 02 (configured for the switchinstructing operation of the object information), a focusing key 03, anenter key 04, and a cross key 05, as shown in FIG. 2. However, theinvention is not limited thereto. A touch screen 06 or a phonic part maybe used for realizing operation.

An infrared photographing method (an information mode) is describedhereinbelow. In the embodiment, the control part 10 is as an example ofa sequence determining part, an information designating part, a displaycontrolling part, and a process counting part. In the embodiment, ascene of infrared detection for power equipment in an equipment area 1(1101), an equipment area 2 (1102), and an equipment area 3 (1103) in asubstation 1 by users in FIG. 11, is taken for example. Beforephotographing formally, a data file of the object information as shownin the exemplary list in FIG. 5 is prestored in the flash memory 9 (alsoin the storage medium such as the storage card 8). The embodiment isdescribed according to FIG. 3 to FIG. 11.

The control part 10 controls the whole action of the thermal imagingdevice 13, and the control part 10 may be realized by a CPU, a MPU, aSOC, or a programmable FPGA. The flash memory 9 stores the controlprograms and different data used in different control. The control part10 performs control of multiple modes via the control programs. Afterthe power is on, the interior circuit of the control part 10 isinitialized. Then, a standby photographing mode is entered. That is, thephotographing part 1 acquires thermal imaging data via photographing,the image processing part 2 performs specified processing for thethermal imaging data acquired by the photographing part 1, to be storedin the temporary storage part 6, and the control part 10 controls thedisplay controlling part 3 to continuously display infrared thermalimages in a dynamic image mode on the display part 4. In this state, thecontrol part 10 performs the control to continuously monitor if othermodes are switched according to the predetermined condition or theshutdown operation is performed. If yes, the corresponding processing isperformed. In FIG. 4, the control steps of the information mode aredescribed as follows.

In step S101, the control part 10 performs the control to continuouslymonitor if a user selects the information mode via the operation part11. When the selection of the information mode is detected, step S102 isperformed.

In the step S102, a sequencing factor of the information object is set.

The control part 10 controls to allow the display part 4 to display asetting interface including a plurality of setting options as shown inFIG. 3, such as a group setting option 301 configured for setting agroup sequence, a sequencing factor option 302 for setting a sequencingfactor of the object information, a filter condition option 303 forsetting a filter condition, an information display setting option 304,and a determining option 300 for determining the settings, and thencontinuously detects whether a user selects one of the setting optionsfor setting or selects the determining option 300. If one of the settingoptions is selected, a corresponding setting interface is entered. Afterthe corresponding setting is finished and determined, return to thesetting interface as shown in FIG. 3, and the control part 10continuously detects whether the user selects one of the setting optionsfor setting or selects the determining option 300. Then, when theselection of the determining option 300 is detected, step S103 isperformed.

In the embodiment, the user selects the sequencing factor option 302,and then, in response to the operation, the control part 10 allows thedisplay part 4 to display a sequence setting interface 6000 as shown inFIG. 6. The user sets a sequencing factor of the object informationaccording to a substation distribution as shown in FIG. 11. In theembodiment, the display part 4, the operation part 11, and the controlpart 10 are as an example of a sequence setting part.

Further, the control part 10 transfers the object information stored inthe flash memory 9 to the temporary storage part 6, and the transferredinformation may be all attribute information or specified part attributeinformation of the object information. In addition, the objectinformation can be transferred to the temporary storage part 6 when thepower is on.

A sequence setting part is used for users to set a sequencing factor ofthe object information. The sequence setting part includes a keyworddetermining unit for determining a keyword related to a sequence of theobjects and a sequencing factor determining unit for determining thesequencing factor of the keyword. The sequence setting part is used foracquiring the sequencing factor of the object information according to asequencing factor of a first keyword or the sequencing factor of thefirst keyword combined with a sequencing factor of an auxiliary keyword.The sequencing factor may be a sequence or a sequencing rule, and thesequencing rule may be a number sequencing rule, a letter sequencingrule, a Chinese phonetic letter sequencing rule, a Chinese strokesequencing rule, or a sequencing rule acquired after manual sequencingfor the keyword by the users.

When the object information to be sequenced is the object informationwith different first keywords, the sequence setting part is used forsetting the sequencing factor of the first keyword as the sequencingfactor of the object information. When the object information to besequenced includes multiple object information with the same firstkeyword, the sequencing factor of the object information is determinedaccording to a combination of the sequencing factor of the first keywordand the sequencing factor of the auxiliary keyword. A keyword of thefirst sequencing factor is called the first keyword, the sequencingfactor of the auxiliary keyword at least includes a sequencing factor ofa second keyword, and the keyword of the second sequencing factor in theobject information is called the second keyword. When there is themultiple object information with the same first keyword and the samesecond keyword, the sequencing factor of the auxiliary keyword at leastincludes sequencing factors of the second keyword and a third keyword,the keyword of the third sequencing factor in the object information iscalled the third keyword, and so on.

The keyword determining unit is used for determining a keyword relatedto a sequence. For example, the keyword related to the sequence may bedetermined according to one or more embodiments as follows. When thereare the first keyword and auxiliary keyword, the same or differentembodiments may be performed.

In one embodiment, based on the object information stored in theinformation storing part, a keyword of the attribute information of thespecified attribute in the object information is enquired and acquired,and the enquired keyword is determined as the keyword related to thesequence.

In addition, based on the object information stored in the informationstoring part and a keyword enquiring condition, the keyword of theattribute information of the specified attribute in the objectinformation satisfying the keyword enquiring condition is enquired, andthe enquired keyword is determined as the keyword related to thesequence.

In addition, the keyword may be prestored for the users to select, andthen the keyword selected by the user may be determined as the keywordrelated to the sequence.

In addition, by determining a keyword attribute, the keyword satisfyingthe keyword attribute may be determined as the keyword related to thesequence. For example, when the object information is associated withtime information (for example, a data file may be a log file includingthe object information and time), the keyword attribute (such as a timeattribute and so on) may be provided for selection, and the keyword (thetime) satisfying the attribute may be determined as the keyword relatedto the sequence, based on the keyword attribute (such as the timeattribute) selected by a user.

In addition, a default keyword may be determined as the keyword relatedto the sequence.

In addition, a keyword input by a user may be determined as the keywordrelated to the sequence.

The sequencing factor determining unit is used for determining asequencing factor of a keyword. For example, the sequencing factor maybe determined according to one or more embodiments as follows. Whenthere are the first keyword and the auxiliary keyword, the same ordifferent embodiments may be performed.

In one embodiment, the sequencing factor is prestored for users toselect, and a sequencing factor selected by a user is determined as thesequencing factor corresponding to the keyword. In addition, thesequencing factor may be default. In addition, the sequencing factor ofthe keyword may be acquired via the sequencing operation (including thesequencing factor input by the user) of the user.

In detail, in this embodiment, based on the object information stored inthe information storing part, the first keyword of the attributeinformation of the specified attribute in the object information isenquired and acquired, and the sequencing factor of the first keyword isdetermined according to the operation of the user. The control part 10allows the display part 4 to display the sequence setting interface 6000as shown in FIG. 6. An equipment area setting option 601, an equipmenttype setting option 602, and a phase setting option 603 are configuredas menu options representing keyword enquires and sequencing factorsettings. As shown in a sequence setting interface 6001, when theequipment area setting option 601 is selected (may be default), thecontrol part 10 enquires the keyword of the attribute information of theequipment area attribute of the object information, to acquire anequipment area keyword (the first keyword) list 605. Then, based on thesequence between the first keywords (an equipment area 1, an equipmentarea 2, and an equipment area 3) set by the user, the sequencing factorof the first keywords is determined. The sequence in a sequence list 604may be numbers keyed in, or may be set by selecting the keywords in theequipment area keyword list 605 and dragging via a cross key or a touchscreen.

In the embodiment, the keyword of the attribute information of theequipment area is used as the first keyword. As the object informationto be sequenced includes multiple object information with the same firstkeyword, the sequencing factor of the object information may bedetermined according to the combination of the sequencing factors of thefirst keyword and the auxiliary keyword.

The keyword determining unit enquires the auxiliary keyword of theattribute information of the specified attribute in the objectinformation satisfying a keyword enquiring condition, based on theobject information stored in the information storing part and thedetermined keyword enquiring condition. The keyword enquiring conditionmay be one of the first keywords determined before. When there areauxiliary keywords including the second keyword or more, the keywordenquiring condition may be one of the first keywords determined beforeand one keyword of the auxiliary keywords on each grade. However, theinvention is not limited thereto. The keyword enquiring condition may bekeyed in.

Further, when a user selects the equipment area 1, the control part 10determines the equipment area 1 (one of the first keywords, the keywordwith an underline in an equipment area keyword list 605 in a sequencesetting interface 6002) as the keyword enquiring condition. The controlpart 10 acquires a keyword (the second keyword) of the attributeinformation of the equipment type by enquiring the attribute informationof the equipment type of the object information satisfying the keywordenquiring condition “equipment area 1”, further to display an equipmenttype keyword list 607. The user sets a sequence of the equipment typesto acquire a sequence in a sequence list 606. Then, taking “equipment |”selected by the user as one of the keyword enquiring conditions (thekeyword marked by an underline in an equipment type keyword list 607 ina sequence setting interface 6003), the control part 10 acquires anequipment phase keyword list 609 by enquiring the attribute informationof the equipment phase of the object information satisfying the keywordenquiring conditions “equipment area 1” and “equipment |”, and acquiresthe sequence in a sequence list 608 by setting the sequence of thephases. Then, the sequences of the equipment type and equipment phase inthe equipment area 1, the equipment area 2, and the equipment area 3 areset in a similar way. When the setting of the sequencing factor isfinished, the enter key 04 of the operation part 11 is pressed todetermine the sequence, thus to return to the setting interface as shownin FIG. 3, and then the enter key 04 of the operation part 11 is pressedagain, to determine the determining option 300. The sequencing factor towhich the object information corresponds is acquired as shown in anexemplary list in FIG. 7, and the sequencing factor of the objectinformation is record in the temporary storage part 6 or record in theflash memory 9, such as a data file of the object information attachedwith the sequence or a configuration file of the sequencing rule forsubsequent use.

In the embodiment, based on the object information stored in theinformation storing part, the first keyword of the sequence is enquired.However, if a filter condition for determining the object information isset (or default) before, the filter condition may be configured as onekeyword enquiring condition of the keyword (including the first keywordand the auxiliary keyword).

The advantages of enquiring the keyword of the attribute information ofthe specified attribute to set the sequencing factor is to avoidinconvenience of sequence adjustment caused by displaying a large amountof object information and the corresponding set sequence on the displaypart. Further, the sequence keyword acquired by enquires may besimplified, and inconvenience of sequence setting caused by the displayof redundant information may be avoided via the keyword enquiringcondition.

In the step S103, the sequence of the object information is determined.

A sequence determining part is used for determining a sequence of theobject information stored in the information storing part. When thesequencing factor is a sequencing rule, the sequence determining part isused for the object information stored in the information storing part,such as extracting a keyword and sequencing the object informationaccording to the sequencing rule of the keyword, thus to determine thesequence of the object information. When there are a plurality ofkeywords, the sequencing is performed according to the first keyword andrule, and then the object information with the same first keyword issequenced according to the second keyword, and so on.

In the embodiment, since the sequencing factor set in the step S102 isbased on the sequence of each attribute information of the objectinformation stored in the information storing part, the objectinformation may be sequenced according to the sequence of each attributeinformation, thus to determine the sequence of each object information.If a data file of the object information attached with the sequence isdirectly generated in the step S102, there is no need to sequence theobject information.

In addition, the step (S102) for setting the sequencing factor may notbe necessary, and the sequence may be determined according to aprestored sequencing factor, such as a default sequencing factor. Inaddition, in one embodiment, the information storing part (such as theflash memory 9) prestores the object information attached with sequenceinformation, and the sequence determining part determines a sequence ofthe object information followed by subsequent switch according to thesequence information attached in the object information. The attachedsequence information may be identified sequencing information, such asnumbers, letters, codes, or other identified sequencing information. Thesequence information may be attached as the attribute information of theobject information or may be attached as index information to which theobject information corresponds. The object information may be storedaccording to the specified addresses in the data file or the storagemedium, which is considered as one way of attachment of the sequenceinformation.

The object information may be sequenced according to a defaultsequencing rule (such as the time attribute of the object information)thus to determine the sequence of the object information. In addition,the object instructing information generated by a specified amount ofthe object information may be displayed on the display part, and thesequence may be determined by dragging to sequence the objectinstructing information via a cross key or a touch screen.

In step S104, the object information as special object information isdesignated.

An information designating part (the control part 10) is used fordesignating the object information as the special object informationaccording to the object information stored in the information storingpart, and the special object information is used for acquiring objectinstructing information displayed specially. In one preferableembodiment, based on the sequence, the object information “substation 1equipment area 1 equipment | phase C” in the first place of the sequenceis designated as the special object information.

The invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the controlpart 10 monitors if there is an operation instruction for selecting thespecial object information. When the operation instruction isdetermined, the object information to which the selected objectinstructing information corresponds is designated as the special objectinformation. A display controlling part is used for controlling to allowthe display part to display a specified amount of the object instructinginformation based on the object information stored in the informationstoring part. The information designating part is used for designatingthe object information as the special object information based on theselection of a user. For example, in the object instructing informationas shown in a display interface 801 in FIG. 8, the user may select oneof the object instructing information via the operation part 11, and thecontrol part 10 designates the object information, to which the objectinstructing information corresponds, as the special object information.In addition, the user may enter into a new display interface of theobject instructing information to select the object instructinginformation by turning pages or moving rollers.

In step S105, the thermal imaging data acquired by the photographingpart 1 is transferred to the temporary storage part 6. The imageprocessing part 5 performs specified processing such as pseudo-colorprocessing for the thermal imaging data photographed by thephotographing part 1 to acquire image data of the infrared thermalimage, and the image data is stored in the temporary storage part 6.

In step S106, the control part 10 is used for controlling to allow thedisplay part 4 to display the infrared thermal image generated by thethermal imaging data and simultaneously to specially display the objectinstructing information acquired according to the special objectinformation designated by the information designating part.

In the embodiment, the object instructing information is displayed withthe infrared thermal image together on the display interface, and may besuperimposed on the infrared thermal image and/or not superimposed onthe infrared thermal image.

The special display may be that only the object instructing informationacquired according to the designated special object information isdisplayed, as shown in FIG. 9.

The special display may be that the object instructing informationacquired according to a specified amount of the object information,which is not limited to the special object information, is displayed.The object instructing information acquired according to the designatedspecial object information is displayed specially in a display modedifferent from that of other object instructing information. In onepreferred embodiment, the display controlling part may control to allowthe display part to display the infrared thermal image generated by thethermal imaging data and simultaneously to display the objectinstructing information acquired by the specified amount of the objectinformation according to the sequence, based on the object informationstored (determined when a task is determined) in the information storingpart and the sequence of the object information determined by thesequence determining part. The object instructing information acquiredaccording to the designated special object information is displayedspecially in a display mode different from that of other objectinstructing information.

As shown in a display interface 801 in FIG. 8, the control part 10controls to display the object instructing information acquired by thespecified amount of the object information in a sequence. An underlineis used to mark “substation 1 equipment area 1 equipment | phase C”,which is different from other object instructing information. Inaddition, the difference of displaying positions, colors, backgrounds,sizes, typefaces, or word instructions, which is convenient for users todistinguish, may be regarded as the special display mode different fromthat of other object instructing information.

In one preferable embodiment, the display controlling parthierarchically displays specified information for generating the objectinstructing information in the object information. That is, to displayaccording to the specified hierarchy and the attribute information towhich each hierarchy corresponds. The hierarchical display may bedisplayed according to a tree-like mode, as shown in an objectinformation bar 1001 in FIG. 10, the control part 10 divides the objectinstructing information into specified three hierarchies according tothe attribute information of the specified attribute of the substation,the equipment area, the equipment type, and the phase, further todisplay according to the specified positions, and further the speciallydisplayed object instructing information is superimposed on the infraredthermal image, facilitating observation of the users.

In detail, in one embodiment of the display control, the imageprocessing part 2 is controlled to synthesize the image data of theinfrared thermal image generated by the thermal imaging data acquired byphotographing and the image data of the object instructing informationacquired by the designated special object information, and thesynthesized image data is stored in the temporary storage part 6. Then,the display control part 3 is controlled to display the synthesizedimage data on the display part 4. In FIG. 9, the synthesis is to allowthe object instructing information to be superimposed on the infraredthermal image. In addition, when there is other specified objectinstructing information, the image processing part 2 is controlled tosynthesize the image data of the infrared thermal image generated by thethermal imaging data acquired by photographing, the image data (whenthere is a specially displayed mark, the image data with the mark isincluded, such as an underline of the object instructing information inFIG. 8) of the specially displayed object instructing informationacquired by the designated special object information, and the imagedata of other specified object instructing information. The displaycontrolling part 3 is controlled to display the synthesized image dataon the display part 4, as shown in FIG. 8, and the synthesis is tocombine the object instructing information, other object instructinginformation, and the infrared thermal image, which is displayed atdifferent areas and does not overlap each other or does not have littleoverlapping. Other instructing information may be a specified amount ofobject instructing information, process information, a sequence, orinstructing information such as data or battery capacity to be displayedby the display part 4.

The object instructing information acquired according to the objectinformation may be acquired according to the whole of the objectinformation or the specified part information, and the information foracquiring the object instructing information in the object informationmay be predetermined. The serials numbers of the sequence to which theobject information corresponds may be displayed or not.

The control part 10 as a process counting part is used for counting thephotographing process information, such as process information 803displayed in the display interface 801 and process information 804displayed in the display interface 802, according to the amount of theobject information (the determined object information when a task isdetermined, or according to serial numbers of a sequence) stored in theinformation storing part and the present designated special objectinformation. In FIG. 8, the serial numbers of the sequence of thespecially designated object information are displayed, and the serialnumber of the sequence and the sum “15” of the displayed objectinformation may form the process information.

In step S107, the control part determines whether there is switchinstructing operation. If no, the steps S105 to S107 are repeated,representing the collective display of the object instructinginformation and the dynamic infrared thermal image (continuouslysynthesized). If yes, step S108 is performed.

A user uses the specially displayed object instructing information“substation 1 equipment area 1 equipment | phase C” as the instructinginformation of the present object, thus to examine and photograph thecorresponding object.

The user finishes the photographing of the corresponding object via thecognition of the object or inspection of the equipment signboard,according to the object instructing information “substation 1 equipmentarea 1 equipment | phase C” in the display interface 801 in FIG. 8, andthen the user presses the switch key 02 of the operation part 11, thusto realize the switch instructing operation via one-key operation. Theobject instructing information includes the information representing theidentity of the object. In the embodiment, the users are free ofwatching the object information as shown in the display interface 801 toselect or enquire, and the operation is simple.

In addition, even if there is no switch instructing operation of theoperation part 11, the control part 10 may control to perform the stepS108 automatically based on the specified switch condition, such as,when satisfying a specified time interval is determined, when atemperature value of a thermal image exceeds a specified thresholdvalue, or when trigger signals of a device such as other sensorsconnected with the thermal imaging device 13 are received. The specifiedswitch condition may include that, the switch designated processing maybe performed when other specified conditions are satisfied at the sametime, such as satisfying the specified time interval or the temperaturevalue of the thermal image exceeding the specified threshold value, evenif there is the switch instructing operation of the operation part 11.Obviously, the specified switch condition may be different conditionsconfigured in advance.

In the step S108, the control part 10 determines whether the task isfinished.

The control part 10 determines whether the last object information inthe sequence is designated. If no, return to the step S104, and at thatmoment, the designated special object information is switched accordingto the sequence. If yes, the information mode at this time is end, andthe letters “the task is over” may be displayed on a screen. Then,return to a standby state of the thermal imaging device, to wait foroperation of the users to enter into other modes. In addition, aspecified sequence starting point such as a sequence starting point maybe switched thus to perform cycle photographing.

In detail, in one embodiment, the information designating part (thecontrol part 10) adds one to the serial number of the sequence, to whichthe special object information designated before switch corresponds, andthen determines whether the last one in the sequence is finished. If no,the object information, to which the serial number of the sequenceacquired after the serial number of the sequence is added to onecorresponds, is designated as the special object information. If yes,log out. In addition, it is not necessary to determine whether the lastobject information in the sequence is designated, and it may not bedetermined. When the switch instructing operation is received everytime, the object information, to which the serial number of the sequenceacquired after the serial number of the sequence is added to onecorresponds, is found and designated as the special object information.When it is not found, one is continuously added, and the informationmode is end, until the specified time is exceeded or until the controlpart 10 receives the logout instruction.

In the embodiment, return to the step S104. The information designatingpart switches the designated special object information based on thesequence of the object information determined by the sequencedetermining part, that is, to switch the object information designatedas the special object information.

In one preferred embodiment, the information designating part switchesthe single object information designated as the special objectinformation, from the single object information designated as thespecial object information before switch, to the object informationwhich is the next to the object information designated as the specialobject information in the sequence (when there is a task determiningstep, it is a sequence of the object information determined by the taskdetermining part) before switch. For example, in the embodiment, thesingle object information designated as the special object informationmay be switched from the single object information “substation 1equipment area 1 equipment | phase C” designated as the special objectinformation before switch, to the object information “substation 1equipment area 1 equipment | phase B” which is the next to the objectinformation “substation 1 equipment area 1 equipment | phase C”designated as the special object information in the sequence beforeswitch.

The display controlling part controls to allow the display part todisplay the infrared thermal image generated by the thermal imaging dataand simultaneously to display the object instructing informationacquired according to the special object information switched anddesignated by the information designating part in a special displaymode. As shown in a display interface 802, the object instructinginformation “substation 1 equipment area 1 equipment | phase B”specially displayed is switched. The process information 803 displayedin the display interface 801 changes to the process information 804displayed in the display interface 802. Then, the user can photographthe corresponding object according to the specially displayed objectinstructing information “substation 1 equipment area 1 equipment | phaseB”. Thereby, the users can easily photograph along a photographing routeL11 as shown in FIG. 11, without missing the objects.

In addition, the information designating part switches the single objectinformation designated as the special object information from the objectinformation designated as the special object information before switch,to the object information which is the previous one of the objectinformation designated as the special object information in the sequencebefore switch. The switch based on the sequence may be performed in aproper sequence or an inversed sequence, and the switch may be setaccording to the proper sequence or the inversed sequence.

In addition, when the information designating part designates two ormore adjacent object information in the sequence as the special objectinformation, the information designating part switches a specifiedamount of the adjacent object information in the sequence designated asthe special object information, from the specified amount of theadjacent object information in the sequence designated as the specialobject information before switch, to a specified amount of the adjacentobject information in the sequence with the origin which is the next tothe object information designated as the special object information inthe sequence before switch.

For example, when “substation 1 equipment area 1 equipment | phase C”,“substation 1 equipment area 1 equipment | phase B”, and “substation 1equipment area 1 equipment | phase A” is designated at the same time, inresponse to the switch instructing operation, “substation 1 equipmentarea 1 equipment ∥ phase A”, “substation 1 equipment area 1 equipment ∥phase B”, and “substation 1 equipment area 1 equipment ∥ phase C” isswitched and designated as the special object information.

In addition, when the information designating part designates two ormore adjacent object information in the sequence as the special objectinformation, the switch may be performed according to an inversedsequence.

In the embodiment, a small amount of the object information isdescribed. In practical infrared detection, the number of the objects islarge, and the embodiment of the invention can make remarkableachievements.

Similarly, for complex equipment or multi-angle photographingsituations, related object information may be prestored for the objects(including units or angles) photographed singly, and then be sequenced,thereby avoiding omissions of the photographing parts.

In the embodiment, the information mode includes the sequencing factorsetting step (the step S102). However, the invention is not limited, andthe step S102 may not be necessary. The sequence of the objectinformation may be determined according to the default sequencingfactor, or the sequencing factor may be set and stored separately forsubsequent use.

According to the above, based on the prestored object information, thesequence of the object information is determined based on the sequencingfactor. Then, the special object information is designated, and theinfrared thermal image is displayed together with the speciallydisplayed object instructing information on the display part. Thedisplayed object instructing information includes the informationrepresenting the identity of the object for a user to determine theobject to be photographed. The users can regard the specially displayedobject instructing information as the instructing information of thepresent object, to determine the object to be photographed via cognitionof the object or inspection of the equipment signboards, therebyreducing incorrect photographing. When the switch instructing operationis performed, the designated special object information is switchedaccording to the sequence, and the object instructing informationacquired according to the special object information designated andswitched by the information designating part, thereby greatly reducingincorrect routes or disorder routes and avoiding omissions, further toimprove the photographing speed and to reduce the working strength. Bydisplaying the counted photographing process information, the users canarrange the photographing process reasonably. In brief, the firstembodiment is one preferred embodiment. Any product in the embodiment ofthe invention may be not necessary to achieve all of the advantages atthe same time.

Embodiment Two

In this embodiment, the flash memory of the thermal imaging device 13with the same structure as shown in FIG. 1, stores a control program forsetting a filter condition and a control program for determining objectinformation (included in a photographing task) according to the filtercondition. A scene of infrared detection for power equipment in anequipment area 1 (1101), an equipment area 2 (1102), and an equipmentarea 3 (1103) in a substation 1 as shown in FIG. 11 is taken forexample. Different from the first embodiment, in this embodiment, a usermay divide a photographing task into a plurality of subtasks accordingto the filter condition, and then may sequence the object information inthe subtask, finally to photograph. Suppose a user photographs theobjects in the equipment area 1 first, the embodiment is describedaccording to FIG. 12 to FIG. 17.

In step S201, the control part 10 controls to continuously monitor if auser selects an information mode via the operation part 11. If yes, stepS202 is performed.

In the step S202, a filter condition is set.

The control part 10 controls to allow the display part to display asetting interface as shown in FIG. 3. When the user selects a filtercondition option 303, then a filter condition setting interface as shownin FIG. 13 is displayed on the display part 4, and the user sets anddetermines the filter condition. Then, when the selection of thedetermining option 300 is detected, step S203 is performed.

A task setting part is used for users to set a filter condition, and thefilter condition is composed of keywords related to the filter conditionand a filter logic relation.

The task setting part includes a keyword determining unit, a logicdetermining unit, and a filter condition generating unit. The keyworddetermining unit is used for determining the keywords related to thefilter condition. The logic determining unit is used for determining thefilter logic relation of the keywords related to the filter condition.The filter logic relation may be a filter true or false relation of onekeyword, or a combination of an AND-OR-NOT logic relation among aplurality of the keywords and the filter true or false relation. Thefilter condition generating unit is used for generating the filtercondition according to the keywords related to the filter condition andthe specified filter logic relation.

The keyword related to the filter condition may be one keyword or aplurality of keywords. The multiple keywords include a conditionrepresenting a keyword range, such as a number range, a letter range, asequence range, and a time range. In addition, when the objectinformation includes different information related to the object, suchas an attribution unit, a classified grade (such as a voltage grade oran importance grade), a model, a manufacturer, performance andcharacteristics, a passed photographing or repairing record, amanufacturing date, or a service life, the filter condition may be setby determining the keyword according to the above. However, the aboveinformation may not be used for generating the specially displayedobject instructing information.

The keyword determining unit is used for determining keywords related tothe filter condition. For example, the keywords related to the filtercondition may be determined according to the following one or moreembodiments.

In one embodiment, for example, the keywords for selection may beprestored, and the keywords related to the filter condition may bedetermined based on selection of a user.

In one embodiment, for example, one or all of the keywords related tothe filter condition may be default.

In one embodiment, for example, a user may key in the keywords, and thekeywords keyed in by the user may be determined as the keywords relatedto the filter condition.

In one embodiment, for example, a selection option of keyword attributesmay be provided for selection, and based on the keyword attributeselected by a user, the keyword satisfying the keyword attribute may bedetermined as the keyword related to the filter condition. Thereby, whenpart of the object information includes attribute information of aspecified attribute, and other object information does not include theattribute information of the specified attribute, the object informationmay be filtered conveniently.

In one preferred embodiment, based on the object information stored inthe information storing part, the keyword of the attribute informationof the specified attribute in the object information is enquired andacquired. Based on selection of a user, the keyword related to thefilter condition may be determined.

In the embodiment, the information storing part stores the objectinformation as shown in FIG. 15. The control part 10 controls to allowthe display part 4 to display a filter condition setting interface asshown in FIG. 13, with a substation 1303, an equipment area 1304, and anequipment type 1305, which are configured as keyword menu optionsrepresenting keyword enquires of the attribute information of thespecified attribute. Based on the selection of the equipment area 1304by the user according to “equipment area 1” photographed at this time,the control part 10 enquires the object information stored in theinformation storing part to acquire keywords “equipment area 1,equipment area 2, equipment area 3, . . . ” of the attribute informationof the specified attribute (the equipment area), thus to allow todisplay a list 1306, and by selecting “equipment area 1” therein by theuser, the keyword determining unit determines “equipment area 1” as thekeyword related to the filter condition. In the embodiment, the displaypart 4, the operation part 11, and the control part 10 are as an exampleof a task setting part. However, when there are more types of thekeywords of the attribute information of the object information, theoperation according to this embodiment may be complicated.

In another preferred embodiment, the keyword determining unit is usedfor determining a keyword enquiring condition, used for enquiring andacquiring the keyword of the attribute information of the specifiedattribute in the object information satisfying the keyword enquiringcondition, based on the object information stored in the informationstoring part, and used for determining the keyword related to the filtercondition based on the selection of a user. The keyword enquiringcondition may be one or more keywords related to the filter conditiondetermined before.

The control part 10 allows the display part 4 to display a filtercondition setting interface as shown in FIG. 14 during display settingoperation. When a user selects a substation 1403 via the operation part11, the control part 10 enquires a keyword of the attribute informationof the substation attribute, based on the object information stored inthe information storing part, thereby allowing to display a list 1406.When the user selects “substation 1” therein, the control part 10determines “substation 1” as the keyword related to the filtercondition. Then, when the equipment area 1404 is selected, the controlpart 10 determines “substation 1” selected by the user as the keywordenquiring condition, and enquires a keyword of the attribute informationof the equipment area attribute of the object information satisfying“substation 1”, thereby allowing to display a list 1407 “equipment area1, equipment area 2, equipment area 3”. The user may select theequipment area “equipment area 1”. The control part 10 determines“substation 1” and “equipment area 1” as the keywords related to thefilter condition. Obviously, the number of the keywords for selectionmay be simplified by this way.

The logic determining unit is used for determining the filter logicrelation of the keywords related to the filter condition. The filterlogic relation may be the filter true or false relation when the keywordrelated to the filter condition is one single keyword, or a combinationof the AND-OR-NOT logic relation between multiple keywords and thefilter true or false relation when the keywords related to the filtercondition are a plurality of keywords. The filter logic relation may bedefault or may be determined according to settings of the users.

In one embodiment of one single keyword, when the keyword related to thefilter condition is the single keyword “equipment area 1” as shown inFIG. 13, the options “yes” 1301 and “no” 1302 of a photographingcondition, are used for setting the filter true or false relation. When“yes” is selected, the filter condition generated by the keyword“equipment area 1” combined with the option, is used for subsequentlyfinding and determining the object information satisfying “equipmentarea 1” as a photographing task. When “no” is selected, the filtercondition generated by the keyword “equipment area 1” combined with theoption, is used for subsequently finding and determining the objectinformation which does not satisfy “equipment area 1”. In theembodiment, the logic determining unit determines the filter true orfalse relation as “yes” according to the default filter true or falserelation “yes”. Then, when the user performs determination via theoperation part 11, the filter condition generating unit (the controlpart 10) combines the default filter true or false relation “yes” withthe keyword “equipment area 1” selected by the user, to generate thefilter condition. When the task is determined, the object informationsatisfying the keyword “equipment area 1” is found to be as thedetermined object information.

In one embodiment of multiple keywords, when the keywords related to thefilter condition are “substation 1” and “equipment area 1” as shown inFIG. 4, the logic determining unit determines the filter true or falserelation as “yes” according to the default filter true or false relation“yes”, and the logic determining unit determines the logic relationbetween the keywords “substation 1” and “equipment area 1” as “AND”according to the default logic relation (the relation between keywordsof different attributes is “AND”) “AND”. Then, when a user performsdetermination via the operation part 11, the filter condition generatingunit (the control part 10) combines the keywords “substation 1” and“equipment area 1” related to the filter condition with the defaultlogic relation “AND” and the default filter true or false relation“yes”, thus to generate the filter condition. When the task isdetermined, the object information satisfying the keywords “substation1” and “equipment area 1” is found to be as the determined objectinformation. However, the invention is not limited thereto. The logicdetermining unit may be operated by users to set the logic relation (notshown) of the keywords.

When the setting of the filter condition is finished, the user mayperform determination via the enter key of the operation part, and thegenerated filter condition is record in the temporary storage part 6 orthe flash memory 9 (such as, generating configuration files) forsubsequent use. Step S203 is performed.

In the step S203, the task determining part is used for determining themultiple object information from the object information stored in theinformation storing part. The object information designated as thespecial object information is from the determined multiple objectinformation

For example, “substation 1” and “equipment area 1” may be as the filtercondition. When the information storing part stores the objectinformation as shown in FIG. 15, the object information satisfying thekeywords “substation 1” and “equipment area 1” is found to be as thedetermined object information (such as the object information in FIG.16). In addition, the object information may be determined according toother specified filter conditions (such as a default filter condition).In addition, when the information storing part prestores multiple datafiles including the object information, the data files are provided forthe users to select and the object information in the data file selectedby the user is determined.

In step S204, a sequence of the object information is determined.

In the embodiment, the control part 10 controls to display the objectinstructing information acquired by the specified amount of the objectinformation according to a default sequencing factor on a specifiedposition of the display part 4, as shown in 1701 in FIG. 17. Then, auser adjusts the sequence of the displayed object instructinginformation via dragging operation through a cross key or a touchscreen. In addition, the information such as numbers representing thesequence may be keyed in, to acquire the object instructing informationand the sequence as shown in 1702 in FIG. 17. In this embodiment, thesequence determining part determines the sequence of the objectinformation to which the object instructing information corresponds, inresponse to predetermined operation for adjusting the sequence of theobject instructing information displayed on the display part.

In step S205, the special object information is designated.

When the sequence adjustment is finished, the user selects the objectinstructing information “substation 1 equipment area 1 equipment | phaseC” as shown in 1702 in FIG. 17, and the control part 10 designates theobject information to which the object instructing informationcorresponds, as the special object information. Step S206 is performed.

In the step S206, the thermal imaging data acquired by the photographingpart 1 is transferred to the temporary storage part 6. The imageprocessing part 2 performs pseudo-color processing for the thermalimaging data acquired by the photographing part 1 to acquire the imagedata of the infrared thermal image, and the image data is stored in thetemporary storage part 6.

In step S207, the object instructing information acquired by the specialobject information and the infrared thermal image is displayed on thedisplay part 4 at the same time.

In step S208, the control part determines whether there is switchinstructing operation. If no, the steps S206 to S208 are repeated. Ifyes, step S209 is performed.

In the step S209, the control part 10 determines whether the task isfinished.

If finished, the information instruction photographing mode is end, andreturn to a standby state of the thermal imaging device, to wait theusers for setting and photographing “equipment area 2” and “equipmentarea 3” again. If not finished, return to the step S205, and the switchdesignating is performed according to the sequence.

In the embodiment, the task is set after the information mode isentered. However, the invention is not limited. The task may be setfirst, for example, the information mode may be entered after generatinga new data file. In addition, the task setting may be performed forseveral times, and different combinations may acquire more embodiments.

According to the above, the filter condition of the object informationin the photographing task is set, thereby reducing the displayedredundant information, reducing the object instructing information, andfacilitating sequence adjustment of the displayed object instructinginformation. Further, the photographing route is determined in advance,thereby reducing strength, improving efficiency, and avoiding omissionsof the objects in the later photographing.

Embodiment Three

In this embodiment, the flash memory 9 of the thermal imaging device 13with the same structure as shown in FIG. 1, stores a control program forsetting a group sequence and a filter condition and a control programfor determining object information according to the filter condition. Ascene of infrared detection for power equipment with the type “equipment|” in an equipment area 1, an equipment area 2, and an equipment area 3in a substation 1 as shown in FIG. 11 is taken for example. In the past,due to different detecting objectives, there is detection for the wholeobjects in the substation and detection for the objects of a specifiedtype, the objects of the specified type are distributed at differentequipment areas, and the users need to find the objects, causinginconvenience. Obviously, the object information may be used as thefilter condition, thereby facilitating the photographing by the users.

Different from the first embodiment, three data files are stored in thestorage card, as shown in FIG. 21, and a data file 1 (a list 2101)includes object information attached with a sequence and related to theequipment area 1, a data file 2 (a list 2102) includes objectinformation attached with a sequence and related to the equipment area2, and a data file 3 (a list 2103) includes object information attachedwith a sequence and related to the equipment area 3. To plan aphotographing route with the best efficiency, a user can set thesequence among the data files according to distribution of thesubstation, and then may set “equipment |” as the filter condition tophotograph. The embodiment is described according to FIG. 18 to

FIG. 22.

In step S301, the control part 10 controls to continuously monitor if auser selects an information mode via the operation part 11. If yes, stepS302 is performed.

In step S302, a sequencing factor among the data files is set.

The control part 10 controls to allow the display part to display thesetting menu as shown in FIG. 3. When a user selects the group settingoption 301 in FIG. 3, based on the data files (group) stored in theinformation storing part, a data file list 1802 as shown in FIG. 18 isdisplayed, and the user sets a sequencing factor (a sequence list 1801)for the data files in the list. When the setting is finished anddetermined, return to the setting menu in FIG. 3. When the user selectsthe filter condition option 303 again, step S303 is performed.

The information storing part is used for prestoring multiple groups ofthe object information. A group sequence setting part is used forsetting the sequencing factor among the groups. The group mentioned hereis a set of multiple object information with the same group mark, suchas a data file or a file folder. In addition, when the group sequence isfinished, the sequencing factor of the object information in the samegroup may be set or examined again.

In step S303, the filter condition is set.

The task setting part is used for users to set the filter condition (ofthe object information included in the photographing task).

The control part 10 allows to display a filter condition settinginterface as shown in FIG. 20. In one embodiment, based on selection ofan equipment type 2001 by the user according to “equipment |”photographed at this time, the control part 10 enquires the objectinformation in the data files 1, 2, and 3 determined in the step S302,to acquire the keywords “equipment |, equipment ∥, equipment |∥” of theattribute information of the specified attribute (the equipment type),thus to display a list 2002, and generates the filter condition bycombining the default filter true or false relation “yes” and thekeyword “equipment |” when the user selects “equipment |”. When the userfinishes the setting and determines the determining option 300 in FIG.3, step S304 is performed. In addition, the filter condition may bedetermined by other determining methods as mentioned in the step S202 inthe second embodiment.

In the step S304, the object information and the sequence is determined.

Based on the filter condition determined in the step S303, the objectinformation satisfying the keyword “equipment |” is found in the datafiles 1, 2, and 3 to be as the determined object information, and thedetermined object information and the sequence is displayed as anexemplary list 2104 in FIG. 21, by combining the group sequencing factorand the sequencing factor of the object information in each group set inthe step S302. Compared with the data files 1, 2, and 3 before the taskis determined, “equipment area 2”, “equipment ∥”, and “equipment |∥” arereduced, and the number of the equipment photographing task is reducedto “6”. Obviously, the photographing route during the specifiedphotographing task is simplified, thereby avoiding finding “equipment |”in “equipment area 2”, and reducing the work strength.

In step S305, the special object information is designated.

The control part 10 controls to designate the object information“substation 1 equipment area 1 equipment | phase C” at the first placeof the determined object information attached with the sequence, as thespecial object information.

In step S306, the thermal imaging data acquired by the photographingpart 1 is transferred to the temporary storage part 6, the imageprocessing part 2 performs pseudo-color processing for the thermalimaging data photographed by the photographing part 1 to acquire imagedata of an infrared thermal image, and the image data is stored in thetemporary storage part 6.

In step S307, the object instructing information acquired according tothe special object information is displayed with the infrared thermalimage on the display part 4 at the same time.

In step S308, the control part determines whether there is switchinstructing operation. If no, the steps S306 to S308 are repeated. Ifyes, step S309 is performed.

In the step S309, the control part 10 determines whether the task isfinished.

If finished, the information instructing photographing mode is end, andreturn to a standby state of the thermal imaging device, to wait for theusers to perform operation of other modes. If not finished, return tothe step S305, the determined object information is switched anddesignated according to the sequence.

In this embodiment, when the user finishes photographing the equipment |in the equipment area 1, the user turns to photograph the equipment | inthe equipment area 3, avoiding seeking the equipment | in the equipmentarea 2. The photographing route of the equipment area 1 (2201), theequipment area 2 (2202), and the equipment area 3 (2203) in FIG. 22,changes from L11 in FIGS. 11 to L22 in FIG. 22.

According to the above, by setting the sequencing factor between thegroups, accelerating operation for sequencing the groups is provided. Bysetting the filter condition, the display of the redundant informationcan be reduced, the displayed object instructing information is moreinstructive, and further the photographing route is simplified, therebyreducing strength, improving efficiency, and avoiding omissions.Obviously, when the filter conditions of different types are set, moreconvenience is provided for the users to photograph. If the objectinformation includes attribute information of a history (such as pastdeficiencies), the users can quickly find related information of thedeficient object, facilitating reexamination.

Embodiment Four

The thermal imaging device 13 with the photographing function in theabove embodiment may further be applied to an infrared processing devicefor receiving and processing the thermal imaging data from outside. Inthe embodiment, an infrared processing device 100 is as an example of aninfrared photographing device.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 24, a thermal imaging collectingdevice 101 is erect on a detection vehicle via an extension ladder, andis connected with an infrared processing device 100 via communicationwires such as special-use cables, or a local area network consisted in awired or wireless mode. The users can inspect thermal images of theobject via the infrared processing device 100. The thermal imagecollecting device 101 is connected with the infrared processing device100 to form an infrared photographing system in this embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing an infrared photographing systemincluding an infrared processing device 100 and the thermal imagingcollecting device 101 connected with each other.

The infrared processing device 100 includes a communication interface 1,an auxiliary storage part 2, a display controlling part 3, a displaypart 4, a hard disk 5, a temporary storage part 6, an operation part 7,and a CPU 8 connected with the above parts via a bus and for the wholecontrol. The infrared processing device 100 may be a computer or aspecial-use processing device. The infrared processing device 100, basedon the control of CPU 8, receives the thermal imaging data output by thethermal image collecting device 101 connected with the infraredprocessing device 100 via the communication interface 1. Thecommunication interface 1 is used for continuously receiving the thermalimaging data output by the thermal image collecting device 101,including the thermal imaging data transferred by a relay device (thethermal imaging data output by the thermal image collecting device 101is transferred by the relay device), and further may be used as acommunication interface for controlling the thermal image collectingdevice 101. In the embodiment, the communication interface 1 may bedifferent kinds of wired or wireless communication interfaces on theinfrared processing device 100, such as a network interface, a USBinterface, a 1394 interface, or a video interface. The auxiliary storagepart 2 may be a storage medium, such as a CD-ROM or a storage card, anda related interface. The display controlling part 3 displays an image onthe display part 4 according to the control of CPU 8. The display part 4may be a liquid display, and the infrared processing device 100 may notinclude a display in itself. The hard disk 5 stores programs for controland different kinds of data used in the control. The temporary storagepart 6, such as a non-volatile storage, i.e. RAM and DRAM, is used as abuffer storage for temporarily storing the thermal imaging data receivedvia the communication interface 1, and is also used as a work storage ofthe CPU 8. The operation part 7 is used for users to operate. The CPU 8controls the whole action of the infrared processing device 100 andperforms different related processing, such as specified processing forthe received thermal imaging data, i.e. modification, interpolation,pseudo-color, synthesis, compression, and decompression, which is theprocessing for converting to the data suitable for displaying andrecording. For example, when the received thermal imaging data iscompressed thermal image AD data, the specified processing may bedecompression and corresponding pseudo-color processing for the thermalimaging data received by the acquiring part via the CPU 8. When thereceived thermal imaging data is compressed image data of the infraredthermal image, the image data of the infrared thermal image may beacquired via decompression. When the communication interface 1 receivesthe analog infrared thermal image, the image data of the digitalinfrared thermal image may be acquired after AD conversion via relatedAD converting circuits.

The thermal image collecting device 101 includes a communicationinterface 10, a photographing part 20, a flash memory 30, a temporarystorage part 50, an image processing part 40, and a CPU 60. The CPU 60controls the whole action of the thermal image collecting device 101,and the flash memory 30 stores control programs and data of differentkinds used in different control. The photographing part 20 is used foracquiring the thermal imaging data via photographing, the temporarystorage part 50 is used for storing the processed data temporarily, theimage processing part 40 may compress the photographed thermal imagingdata, and the CPU 60 controls to output the processed thermal imagingdata via the communication interface 10.

The structure in the thermal imaging device 13 except the photographingpart 1 is generally the same with that in the infrared processing device100. Obviously, acquiring the thermal imaging data from outside is alsosuitable for this embodiment. Therefore, the description of theembodiment is omitted. Obviously, the infrared processing device 100 canbe used in coordination with different kinds of thermal image collectingdevices with the infrared photographing function, such as differentkinds of handheld thermal imaging devices.

Other Embodiments

In addition, a display unit of the display part 4 may be configured toat least one. There are a display for displaying the infrared thermalimage and a display for specially displaying the object information. Thedisplay control at the same time mentioned by the display controllingpart may be to display on the same display or different displays at thesame time.

Preferably, the object instructing information is displayed with thecontinuous infrared thermal image at the same time. However, theinvention is not limited thereto. For example, the display part 4 maydisplay the dynamic infrared thermal image, and when the displayinstruction of the specified object instructing information displayedspecially is received, the object instructing information is displayedwith the frozen infrared thermal image at the same time. In addition,the object information and the infrared thermal image may be switched todisplay. That is, in response to a corresponding instruction such as adisplay instruction (such as pressing a button representing display ofthe object information) of the object information, the displaycontrolling part switches the displayed infrared thermal image to theobject instructing information acquired according to the special objectinformation designated by the information designating part in a specialdisplay mode, then switch designation operation is performed, and theobject instructing information after switch is displayed specially,while the infrared thermal image is displayed, in response to thedisplay instruction of the infrared thermal image. In addition, afterthe special display, blanking may be performed after displaying forspecified time or based on operation of users, to avoid occupations ofthe display screen. In addition, in the embodiment, when a specifiedamount of the object instructing information is displayed, the switchoperation may not be performed, while the users can select the multipleobject information displayed according to the sequence. The informationdesignating part designates the object information as the special objectinformation based on selection of the user. By this way, the users canselect conveniently.

In the embodiment, the information mode includes settings of the filtercondition and the sequencing factor. However, the invention is notlimited. The settings of the filter condition and the sequencing factorare not necessary, and the object information and the sequence may bedetermined based on the default filter condition or defaulted sequencingfactor.

In addition, the filter condition or the sequencing factor may be setseparately for subsequent use. For example, the filter condition and thesequencing factor may be set first, further to be stored as a defaultvalue or a configuration file for subsequent use, and the objectinformation attached with the sequence may be acquired according to thefilter condition and the sequencing factor, such as generating a newdata file, then to enter into the information mode.

In addition, one preferred mode is to set the filter condition first andthen to set the sequencing factor. However, the invention is notlimited. The filter condition setting step and the sequence setting stepmay be performed without distinction of sequence, or may be set at thesame time in the same operating interface. In addition, the filtercondition or the sequencing factor may be reset.

In addition, in the embodiment, the filter condition setting step, thesequence setting step, the task determining step, and the sequencedetermining step are described step-by-step, or may be described in aninstant gradual mode. That is, when the filter condition is set, thetask determining part determines the object information according to thefilter condition, when the sequencing factor of the keyword is set, thesequence determining part determines the sequence of the objectinformation determined by the task determining part, and when thesettings are determined in total, such as determination of thedetermining option 300 in FIG. 3, a step for designating the specialobject information is performed.

Obviously, different groups of the working steps can acquire moreembodiments. More embodiments may be acquired according to differentcombinations of the working modes.

In the embodiments, the less object information is described. Inpractical infrared detection, there are many objects, and theembodiments in the invention may bring remarkable effects. In theembodiment, when the object needs to be photographed from multipleangles, the object information including the photographed angleinformation may be prestored, and then the sequencing factor of thephotographing angle is set during sequencing.

In addition, the processing and control function of part or all elementsin the embodiments of the invention may be realized via special-usecircuits, general processors, or programmable FPGA. Although thefunction block in the drawings may be realized via hardware, software,or the combination thereof, the structure for realizing the functionblock may not be set to a one-for-one mode. For example, multiplefunction blocks may be realized via one software or hardware unit, orone function block may be realized via multiple software or hardwareunits.

In addition, the objects in the power industry are taken as a scene forexample, and different industry of the infrared detection is alsosuitable.

The above description is only the embodiments of the invention, and theexemplary description is not for limiting the substantive contents ofthe invention. Persons having ordinary skill in the art may make othermodifications and changes without departing from the scope and spirit ofthe invention after reading the description.

What is claimed is:
 1. An infrared photographing device comprising: anacquiring part for acquiring thermal imaging data; an informationdesignating part for designating object information as special objectinformation based on multiple object information stored in aninformation storing part, the special object information being used foracquiring object instructing information displayed specially; a displaycontrolling part for controlling to allow a display part to display aninfrared thermal image generated by the thermal imaging data andsimultaneously to display the object instructing information acquiredaccording to the special object information designated by theinformation designating part in a special display mode, in response toswitch instructing operation or according to a specified switchcondition, the information designating part switching the designatedspecial object information according to a sequence of the objectinformation.
 2. An infrared photographing device comprising: anacquiring part for acquiring thermal imaging data; a display controllingpart for controlling to allow a display part to display an infraredthermal image generated by the thermal imaging data and simultaneouslyto display a specified amount of object instructing informationaccording to a sequence of object information, based on multiple objectinformation stored in an information storing part; an informationdesignating part for designating the object information as specialobject information according to selection of a user; the displaycontrolling part for controlling to allow the display part to displaythe infrared thermal image generated by the thermal imaging data andsimultaneously to display the object instructing information acquiredaccording to the special object information designated by theinformation designating part in a special display mode.
 3. The infraredphotographing device according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring part isused for continuously acquiring the thermal image data, the displaycontrolling part controls to allow the display part to display thedynamic infrared thermal image generated by the continuously acquiredthermal imaging data and simultaneously to display the objectinstructing information acquired according to a specified amount of theobject information according to a sequence of the object information,and the object instructing information acquired according to the specialobject information is specially displayed in a special display modedifferent from that of other object instructing information.
 4. Theinfrared photographing device according to claim 1, wherein thespecially displayed object instructing information is provided for auser to determine an object to be photographed, a unit of the object tobe photographed, a photographing angle of the object to be photographed,or a combination thereof.
 5. The infrared photographing device accordingto claim 2, wherein the specially displayed object instructinginformation is provided for a user to determine an object to bephotographed, a unit of the object to be photographed, a photographingangle of the object to be photographed, or a combination thereof.
 6. Theinfrared photographing device according to claim 3, wherein thespecially displayed object instructing information is provided for auser to determine an object to be photographed, a unit of the object tobe photographed, a photographing angle of the object to be photographed,or a combination thereof.
 7. The infrared photographing device accordingto claim 1, wherein the specially displayed object instructinginformation includes the information representing the identity of theobject or the information representing the identity of the object andthe information representing at least one of a unit of the object and aphotographing angle.
 8. The infrared photographing device according toclaim 2, wherein the specially displayed object instructing informationincludes the information representing the identity of the object or theinformation representing the identity of the object and the informationrepresenting at least one of a unit of the object and a photographingangle.
 9. The infrared photographing device according to claim 3,wherein the specially displayed object instructing information includesthe information representing the identity of the object or theinformation representing the identity of the object and the informationrepresenting at least one of a unit of the object and a photographingangle.
 10. The infrared photographing device according to claim 1,wherein the specially displayed object instructing information includesthe information representing a position, a type, and a number of theobject.
 11. The infrared photographing device according to claim 2,wherein the specially displayed object instructing information includesthe information representing a position, a type, and a number of theobject.
 12. The infrared photographing device according to claim 1,further comprising: a task determining part for determining the objectinformation based on the object information stored in the informationstoring part; the information designating part for designating theobject information as the special object information from the objectinformation determined by the task determining part; the displaycontrolling part, based on the multiple object information determined bythe task determining part, for controlling to allow the display part todisplay the infrared thermal image and to display a specified amount ofthe object instructing information according to the sequence of theobject information, wherein the object instructing information acquiredaccording to the special object information is displayed in a specialmode different from that of other object instructing information; theinformation designating part, in response to the switch instructingoperation or according to the specified switch condition, for switchingthe designated special object information according to the sequence ofthe object information, based on the object information determined bythe task determining part.
 13. The infrared photographing deviceaccording to claim 2, further comprising: a task determining part fordetermining the object information based on the object informationstored in the information storing part; the display controlling part,based on the multiple object information determined by the taskdetermining part, for controlling the display part to display theinfrared thermal image generated by the thermal imaging data andsimultaneously to display the specified amount of object instructinginformation according to the sequence of the object information.
 14. Theinfrared photographing device according to claim 3, further comprising:a task determining part for determining the object information based onthe object information stored in the information storing part; theinformation designating part for designating the object information asthe special object information from the object information determined bythe task determining part; the display controlling part, based on themultiple object information determined by the task determining part, forcontrolling to allow the display part to display the infrared thermalimage generated by the continuously acquired thermal imaging data andsimultaneously to display a specified amount of the object instructinginformation according to the sequence of the object information, whereinthe object instructing information acquired according to the specialobject information is displayed in a special mode different from that ofother object instructing information; the information designating part,in response to the switch instructing operation or according to thespecified switch condition, for switching the designated special objectinformation according to the sequence of the object information, basedon the object information determined by the task determining part. 15.The infrared photographing device according to claim 1, wherein thesequence represents a photographing sequence of the objects, units ofthe objects, photographing angles of the objects, the objects in aspecial route, or a combination thereof.
 16. The infrared photographingdevice according to claim 2, wherein the sequence represents aphotographing sequence of the objects, units of the objects,photographing angles of the objects, the objects in a special route, ora combination thereof.
 17. The infrared photographing device accordingto claim 14, wherein the sequence represents a photographing sequence ofthe objects, units of the objects, photographing angles of the objects,the objects in a special route, or a combination thereof.
 18. Theinfrared photographing device according to claim 12, wherein the taskdetermining part is used for determining the object informationaccording to a specified filter condition.
 19. The infraredphotographing device according to claim 13, further comprising: the taskdetermining part for determining the object information according to aspecified filter condition, a task setting part for setting the filtercondition of the object information, wherein the keyword related to thefilter condition is an attribution unit, a classified grade, a model, amanufacturer, performance and characteristics, a passed photographingrecord, a repairing record, a manufacturing date, a service life, aposition, an area of an object, a type, passed photographing time, aphotographing angle, a unit, or a combination thereof, related to theobject.
 20. The infrared photographing device according to claim 1,further comprising: a sequence determining part for determining thesequence of the object information based on a specified sequencingfactor; a sequence setting part for setting the sequencing factor of theobject information by a user, the sequence setting part including akeyword determining unit for determining keywords related to thesequence and a sequencing factor determining unit for determining thesequencing factor of the keywords, the sequence setting part foracquiring the sequencing factor of the object information according to asequencing factor of a first keyword or a combination of the sequencingfactor of the first keyword and a sequencing factor of an auxiliarykeyword.
 21. The infrared photographing device according to claim 1,wherein the infrared photographing device is a portable thermal imagephotographing device.
 22. The infrared photographing device according toclaim 2, wherein the infrared photographing device is a portable thermalimage photographing device.
 23. An infrared photographing devicecomprising: an acquiring part for acquiring thermal imaging data; aninformation designating part for designating object information asspecial object information based on multiple object information storedin an information storing part, the special object information beingused for acquiring object instructing information displayed specially; adisplay controlling part, in response to a corresponding displayinstruction, for controlling to allow a display part to display aninfrared thermal image generated by the thermal imaging data or todisplay the object instructing information acquired according to thespecial object information designated by the information designatingpart in a special display mode; in response to switch instructingoperation or according to a specified switch condition, the informationdesignating part switching the designated special object informationaccording to a sequence of the object information.
 24. An infraredphotographing method comprising: an acquiring step for acquiring thermalimaging data; an information designating step for designating objectinformation as special object information based on multiple objectinformation stored in an information storing part, the special objectinformation being used for acquiring object instructing informationdisplayed specially; a display controlling step for controlling to allowa display part to display an infrared thermal image generated by thethermal imaging data and simultaneously to display the objectinstructing information acquired according to the special objectinformation designated in the information designating step in a specialdisplay mode; in response to switch instructing operation or accordingto a specified switch condition, the information designating step forswitching the designated object special information according to asequence of the object information, based on the object informationstored in the information storing part.
 25. An infrared photographingmethod comprising: an acquiring step for acquiring thermal imaging data;a display controlling step, based on multiple object information storedin an information storing part, for controlling to allow a display partto display an infrared thermal image generated by the thermal imagingdata and simultaneously to display a specified amount of objectinstructing information according to a sequence of the objectinformation; an information designating step for designating the objectinformation as special object information according to selection of auser; the display controlling step for displaying the object instructinginformation acquired according to the special object informationdesignated in the information designating step in a special displaymode.
 26. The infrared photographing method according to claim 24,further comprising: a task determining step for determining the objectinformation based on the object information stored in the informationstoring part; the information designating step for designating theobject information as the special object information from the objectinformation determined in the task determining step; the displaycontrolling step for controlling to allow the display part to displaythe infrared thermal image generated by the thermal imaging data andsimultaneously to display a specified amount of the object instructinginformation according to the sequence of the object information, basedon the multiple object information determined in the task determiningstep, wherein the object instructing information acquired according tothe special object information designated in the information designatingstep is displayed in a special mode different from that of other objectinstructing information; the information designating step, in responseto the switch instructing operation or according to the specified switchcondition, for switching the designated special object information,based on the sequence of the object information determined in the taskdetermining step.
 27. The infrared photographing method according toclaim 25, further comprising: a task determining step for determiningthe object information based on the object information stored in theinformation storing part; the display controlling step, based on themultiple object information determined in the task determining step, forcontrolling to allow the display part to display the infrared thermalimage generated by the thermal imaging data and simultaneously todisplay a specified amount of the object instructing informationaccording to the sequence of the object information.
 28. The infraredphotographing method according to claim 24, wherein the acquiring stepis used for continuously acquiring the thermal imaging data, and thedisplay controlling step is used for controlling to allow the displaypart to display a dynamic infrared thermal image generated by thecontinuously acquired thermal imaging data and simultaneously to displaythe object instructing information acquired according to the specialobject information designated in the information designating step in thespecial display mode.
 29. The infrared photographing method according toclaim 25, wherein the acquiring step is used for continuously acquiringthe thermal imaging data, and the display controlling step is used forcontrolling to allow the display part to display the dynamic infraredthermal image generated by the continuously acquired thermal imagingdata and simultaneously to display the specified amount of the objectinstructing information according to the sequence of the objectinformation.
 30. The infrared photographing method according to claim24, wherein the specially displayed object instructing information isprovided for a user to determine an object to be photographed, a unit ofthe object to be photographed, a photographing angle of the object to bephotographed, or a combination thereof.
 31. The infrared photographingmethod according to claim 25, wherein the specially displayed objectinstructing information is provided for a user to determine an object tobe photographed, a unit of the object to be photographed, aphotographing angle of the object to be photographed, or a combinationthereof.
 32. The infrared photographing method according to claim 24,wherein the specially displayed object instructing information includesthe information representing the identity of the object or theinformation representing the identity of the object and the informationrepresenting at least one of a unit of the object and a photographingangle.
 33. The infrared photographing method according to claim 25,wherein the specially displayed object instructing information includesthe information representing the identity of the object or theinformation representing the identity of the object and the informationrepresenting at least one of a unit of the object and a photographingangle.
 34. The infrared photographing method according to claim 26,further comprising: the task determining step for determining the objectinformation according to a specified filter condition; a task settingstep for setting the filter condition of the object information, whereinthe keyword related to the filter condition is an attribution unit, aclassified grade, a model, a manufacturer, performance andcharacteristics, a passed photographing record, a repairing record, amanufacturing date, a service life, a position, an area of an object, atype, passed photographing time, a photographing angle, a unit, or acombination thereof, related to the object.
 35. The infraredphotographing method according to claim 27, further comprising: the taskdetermining step for determining the object information according to aspecified filter condition; a task setting step for setting the filtercondition of the object information, wherein the keyword related to thefilter condition is an attribution unit, a classified grade, a model, amanufacturer, performance and characteristics, a passed photographingrecord, a repairing record, a manufacturing date, a service life, aposition, an area of an object, a type, passed photographing time, aphotographing angle, a unit, or a combination thereof, related to theobject.